Arsene Wenger’s message to Alexis Sanchez and Laurent Koscielny

For the first in a long while, Arsene Wenger has reported addressed his team.

Arsene Wenger has called for unity in his Arsenal squad following the discontent shown by Alexis Sanchez in recent weeks.

The Chilean, who is expected to leave the club with one year remaining on his contract this summer, has been at the heart of several flashpoints on and off the field with team-mates over the last month.

In his programme notes before Saturday’s 5-0 win over Lincoln City in the FA Cup, Wenger claimed his senior players ‘are responsible for the energy’ within the team and urged them to ‘be positive about what went well’.

When asked about the message to his senior players in his programme notes after the game, Wenger told BT Sport: ‘You know how it is, we recently had a big disappointments in the Champions League, after that in our job you have to respond in the next game.

‘Therefore you need players who are solid mentally and united, the experience is easier when you’ve gone through difficult periods before than if you’ve never known it.’